Population at 7 Billion – What PBL can we facilitate?

Are we teaching interesting and engaging ways to represent data? Are we representing real data that is interesting and engaging with graphs?

Have you seen this?

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When did the world’s population reach 1 billion? 2 billion? 3 billion?… (you see where I’m going, right?)

Can we graph this data to see if there is a pattern? Will the pattern from the data be similar to the graph in the BBC video above? Can we find a mathematical function that will mathematically model the data? Can the mathematical model find or predict:

What questions will our learners have? Can we team with others to develop integrated studies lessons? What intriguing driving questions can we craft to facilitate learning and questioning with our learners?